At midnight in Qingshan Town, it was cold and chilly. The north wind was blowing, but it was bone-piercing. The sound of howling wolves sounded in this lonely night, making it even more weird.
The prison cell has been filled with yin and moisture since ancient times. Even a strong and healthy person will become as thin as firewood within a month after entering here.
The cells to the north are all occupied by death row inmates, and most of them are extremely vicious people. However, in the third cell, there is a unique death row inmate.
With his skinny figure, the prison uniform he was wearing was now very wide, and his black hair was messily coiled up. His body was covered with scars and stains of blood, but there was only one exception, and that was his hands.
Compared with the age of all death row inmates, the owner of this body is pitifully young. He is only a fifteen-year-old boy.
However, what did not match his body was his eyes, which were not the eyes that a fifteen-year-old boy should have.
Suddenly, a cold wind blew, and the young man wrapped himself in clothes, but there was a bit of self-mockery in his eyes.
"Assassinate the prefect of Qingshan Town, haha, it's so funny. How can I, a person with no power to restrain a chicken, have the ability to attack someone whose strength has reached the second level of the Imaginary Realm? Besides, I don't even have a motive. These dogs
Officer, if you can’t catch the real murderer, then use me to prove it.”
His body curled up on the ground, and the damp and cold earth energy poured into his body, which made his already tortured body cough violently.
"Ahem~"
With this cough, his already bloodless face became even paler, and his eyes were full of ridiculousness.
He is a person of the 21st century. He has been studying since he was a child and was admitted to a good university. After graduating, he was still not accepted by big companies. On weekdays, he likes to play small roles, hoping to enter the entertainment industry one day.
But he didn't expect that during the process of hanging Wia, the rope broke and fell to the ground. He didn't know whether he had been rescued, so he passed through time in a daze.
Yes, time travel, bloody time travel
He had once fantasized about time travel, but he never thought about returning to the world of immortals, or the world of fantasy, or coming to history and becoming the prince of the Ming Dynasty... However, after thinking about it for a long time, he never imagined that he would become a person through time travel.
He was a poor scholar, and his fantasy came true. What's even more outrageous is that he was slandered and killed the prefect of Qingshan Town.
He had just traveled through time and became a death row prisoner. At that moment, he wanted to die
It's just that he was doing nothing in this world. He didn't want to be a scholar after time travel. So what, he was just Su Hong now.
Destiny must be held in one's own hands
Under the cold wind, a strong and persistent thought suddenly bloomed in his body.
"Tomorrow those dog officials will force me to draw a bond. Once I complete the bond, I will be beheaded. In the court tomorrow, I must find a way to save his life."
The night passed quickly, and at five o'clock the next day, Su Hong was taken away by the guards.
The fifth watch day is the time for the king to go to court in the morning, and it is also the time for the various government offices to hold court for interrogation. No one is allowed to delay, otherwise he will violate the law and will not be an official.
The matter of assassinating the prefect was no small matter. This early in the morning, before the trial even started, almost 80% of the people from Qingshan Town came and surrounded the entire outer gate of the government office.
"You think, although this Su Hong is a poor scholar, he has been making a living by himself and not relying on us fellow villagers. He is out of breath doing small things every day. You think, how can he be able to kill the prefect..."
"Hey, that's right. Su Hong is usually a good person. Now that the meeting is open, the magistrate transferred from other provinces will only settle the case as soon as possible. This Su Hong has such a small body, I'm afraid he will be beaten into a trick."...
"Yes, it's pitiful~"
"..."
After all, the people of Qingshan Town watched Su Hong grow up and knew what he was like. It was simply impossible to kill the Qingshan prefect, and the prefect transferred from other places would only do it hastily.
Since ancient times, there have been very few honest officials. Thinking of this, countless people expressed sympathy.
Above the court hall, there are twenty government officials, ten on each side, and right in front of the court hall is the prefect, Heshan, who came from the nearby town of Qingshan Town.
On his front left side is his former master, Tang Wei.
It's just that those who are close to vermillion are red, and those who are close to ink are black. This master is not a good thing.
But when Su Hongyou looked up and saw the four words "Mingjing hangs high" hanging on the hanging beam, his heart became cold. There were only a few people who could do these four words.
And the white clouds and blue sky above the clothes He Shan wore were not worthy of what he was wearing.
"Su Hong, I'm asking you, why don't you kneel down when you see me?" He Shan slapped the crowd and spoke as the officials on the left and right shouted.
"The common people are given the title of scholar. According to the regulations, except for the ceremony of kneeling and worshiping before the saint, the bowing ceremony when meeting the officials of the third rank and above, and the nodding salute when meeting the officials of the sixth rank, no other courtesy can be performed. Lord Magistrate, you are honored to be the magistrate.
You don’t even know this bit of common sense." Su Hong sneered.
He Shan was somewhat annoyed when Su Hong said this. He glanced at Master Tang beside him and saw that the other party nodded, knowing that what Su Hong said was true.
For a moment, he felt resentful in his heart, but he wanted to embarrass Su Hong.
"Of course I know, but you assassinated the prefect of Qingshan, do you know your crime?"
"If you didn't assassinate, what crime is there?" Su Hong said.
"Humph, you still dare to argue that assassinating the prefect is an assassination of a court official, which is a capital crime. In order to excuse yourself, you can even tell such lies. Let me ask you, when the prefect Qingshan died, you were by his side.
If you hadn't killed him, who else could have killed him?" Magistrate He Shan said coldly.
"If you want to impose a crime, why bother?" Su Hong scolded.
"You are so brave, you dare to make sophistry, come here, give me fifty big blows first."
Seeing that Su Hong did not plead guilty, He Shan sneered in his heart and decided to give him a hard blow. With such a thin body, if you go down to 50, you will still have half your life left. Let's see how I can kill you...
Su Hong's eyes were splitting with anger. As a modern man, everything is based on evidence. It is very rare to accuse a deer of a deer and call it a horse. He should have expected that the prefect would take action against him, but he never expected that it would be so serious.
"Stop!" At this moment, a woman's shout came from outside the Yamen Gate, and a woman was seen rushing in.
When Su Hong took a look, he knew that this girl was a noble lady, and she was either rich or noble. The accessories and clothes she wore were made of very special materials. They were not items owned by Qingshan Town, but seemed to come as tribute. For a moment,
, Su Hong was more thoughtful.
"Who is the woman in the hall? You know this is a court, so how can you make noises at will?"
"Bold, I have met Princess Ruyang and why don't you come over to see her?" The subordinates who were following Princess Ruyang stood up quickly and shouted loudly.
"What? Princess Ruyang." Upon hearing this, He Shan's expression suddenly changed. He quickly ran forward and knelt down without caring about the others.
When the people of Qingshan Town knew that the woman in front of them was the princess, they also knelt down one after another.
Su Hong also bowed, but it was beyond his expectation that the princess would appear in Qingshan Town. She must have been traveling through the mountains and rivers and passed through this place.
In fact, Su Hong's guess was not false. Princess Ruyang was indeed here to enjoy the mountains and rivers. She happened to come across the murder case of the Qingshan magistrate. She thought it was fun and wanted to join in the fun.
On the way here, she obtained some information, glanced at Su Hong, then turned her gaze to the prefect, and then asked, "What's your name?"...
"Back to Princess Ruyang, I'm going to subordinate He Shan to be responsible for trying this murder case." Magistrate He Shandui said with a smile.
"How about leaving this case to me?" Princess Ruyang looked at He Shan and asked.
"Of course there is no problem. It is a blessing for the lower official to have Princess Ruyang like this."
Su Hong looked at He Shan's words and deeds with a cold heart, "Dog officer."
Seeing that the person who was trying the case was replaced by the princess, the people of Qingshan Town suddenly felt very interesting. After all, it was the first time they saw a woman, and it was the princess who was trying the case. For these people who had never seen the big world,
What is displayed in front of them now is too fresh.
"People in this hall, do you know the crime?" As soon as Princess Ruyang came to the case, she also picked up the gavel and slapped the case on the table.
"The common people are not guilty." Su Hong also said with righteousness.
"You are a great scholar. If you don't do good deeds and don't serve the country, forget about it. You killed an official of the imperial court, and yet you dare to speak cleverly and talk like a lotus flower here. Do you really think that this princess has no evidence to prove that you are the murderer? Come on, tell the king
two"
Su Hong looked at Princess Ruyang and his eyes suddenly narrowed. This princess was also a confused person. He felt pathetic for his future fate.
"Wang Er, tell me what you saw that day?" Just as Princess Ruyang finished speaking, a figure walked out from the crowd.
"Back to Princess Ruyang, I saw with my own eyes that this man assassinated Qingshan Magistrate." Wang Er knelt down and said to Princess Ruyang.
Princess Ruyang looked at Su Hong with a smile on her face, "Now that we have the witness, Su Hong, can you plead guilty?"
"I don't recognize it." Su Hong raised his head stubbornly.
"You are bold and cunning. If Princess Ruyang says you are guilty, then you are guilty. If you still dare to quibble, and if you quibble again, you will be served by fifty people." He Shan, who has always wanted to express himself in front of Princess Ruyang, fired a series of cannonballs when he found the opportunity.
Bomb Su Hong.
"I, Su Hong, sit upright, do things openly and aboveboard, and will never do anything to hurt others. Now that you are framing me like this, even if I admit it, you will beat me to it."
"Huh, poor scholar, by saying this, do you mean that I, Princess Ruyang, will not resolve the case?" Princess Ruyang was very angry.
"The common people have never said that, but justice is not there. I have nothing to say."
There were two people following Princess Ruyang, one was a personal guard, and the other never spoke a word from beginning to end. But now, his eyes fell on Su Hong and Wang Er, and the corner of his mouth curled up slightly.
"Princess Ruyang, my subordinates already know who the murderer is."
"explain."
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